Kamala Harris

Kamala Devi Harris (20 October 1964-) was a US Senator from California (D) from 3 January 2017, succeeding Barbara Boxer. She previously served as Attorney General of California from 3 January 2011 to 3 January 2017, succeeding Jerry Brown and preceding Xavier Bescera.

Biography
Kamala Devi Harris was born in Oakland, California on 20 October 1964 to a Jamaican-American father and an Indian-American mother, and she graduated from Howard University and UC Hastings. She worked for the San Francisco District Attorney's office and the City Attorney's office before becoming District Attorney in 2003, holding that position until 2011. In 2010, she was elected Attorney General of California, and she won re-election in 2014. In 2016, she defeated Loretta Sanchez to fill the retired Barbara Boxer's vacant US Senate seat, and she was known for opposing Donald Trump's policies as a senator. She was a vocal proponent of gun control for her entire career, opposed the death penalty, supported abortion rights, supported environmental protection laws, and cracked down on financial crimes. She belonged to the left-wing Progressive Democrats, who followed Bernie Sanders' views more closely than those of the New Democrats.